The Boston Bruins (46-17-5) are looking to extend their 9 game win streak tonight against the New Jersey Devils (29-26-13). The Bruins are currently first in the Eastern Conference by 5 points and second in the league behind the St. Louis Blues.

Tonight's game should be winnable for the Bruins but it is the second game in a back to back and we are on the road. With our record vs. theirs I want to say I have no doubt that the Bruins will pull it out but *knocks on wood* it's hard to tell.

But on a brighter note, we will see the return of the one and only Jaromir Jagr. Jagr has been incredible for the Devils this season, which is unfortunate since the Devils won't be doing anything effective at the end of the season.

The Bruins go into tonight's game missing Adam McQuaid, who at this point I don't even know still exists. We also may not see Johnny Boychuk tonight, who is day to day with a leg injury sustained after an awkward collision with the boards.

Projected Bruins Line Up

Team Stats

Team: The Devils are, like the past few teams we've played, middle of the road teams that won't actually do much at the end of the season. The Devils are coming into this game after a 3-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The Devils are 6th in the Metropolitan Division with 71 points, which puts them 11th in the conference and 21st overall. They are 5-5-0 in their last ten games and have a -10 goal differential. They have an average of 2.47 goals against per game (9th overall) and 2.44 goals for per game (22nd overall). Their powerplay has been looking pretty solidly recently with a 20.7% conversion rate while their penalty kill is the best in the league right now with an 87% success rate. That stat is probably the scariest of them all, but not necessarily something to worry about.

Players: 17 of their guys have negative ratings ranging from Zajac's -1 to Bernier's -15. 5 of their players are even while the rest are positive ranging from Ruutu's +1 Jagr's +15. Jagr leads the team with 58 points (25th overall) while Henrique leads the team with 23 goals (32nd overall).

Goalie: Schneider will more than likely get the nod for tonight's game. He's played in 36 games with a 12-14-9 record. He has a 2.12 GAA (14th overall) and a .915 SV% (37th overall)

Of Note: Jagr has three goals and six points in his last 6 game.

Team: The Bruins are still an absolutely indomitable force.The boys,are coming into this game with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. We are still first in the Atlantic Division with 97 points and are now 2nd in the league. We have a +72 goal differential with a 2.12 GAA (2nd overall) and a 3.19 GF/game (3rd overall). Our power play has a 20.5% conversion rate (8th overall) while our penalty kill is leagues better than theirs with a success rate of 83.9% (10th overall).

Players: Of the people who we see regular in games, no one has a negative rating, which is fantastic. Campbell is the only one with an even rating and everyone else is positive ranging from Thorty's +2 to Krejci's +33. Krejci leads the team with 59 points (24th overall) while Iginla leads the team with 25 goals (23rd overall).

Goalie: Chad Johnson will probably be getting the nod tonight. He's played in 21 games with a 14-3-1 record. He has a .921 SV% (22nd overall) and a 2.15 GAA (15th overall)

Of Note: Iginla has a five game point streak with six goals and seven assists in that time span.

Score Prediction: 4-1 Bruins Win

In their first meeting of the year and the first the Coyotes have been in Boston in 5 years,the Bruins (43-17-5), who are currently on a 6 game win streak (their longest this season), go head to head with the Phoenix Coyotes (31-24-11) in hopes of extending that streak.

The Bruins have been an absolute force in recent weeks and, with a win tonight, will be able to take over 2nd place in the league behind the St. Louis Blues. Just let that sink in for a minute.

The Bruins go into tonight still missing Adam McQuaid, who is STILL struggling with that quad injury, and Dougie Hamilton, who will be the healthy scratch again tonight for Meszaros. We also won't be seeing Daniel Paille, who is out with a minor concussion until at least this weekend. It also looks like we'll be seeing Chad Johnson in net tonight.

Projected Bruins Line Up

Team Stats

Team: The Coyotes are one of those middle of the road teams that, at the moment, at in the running for the second wild card spot. The Coyotes are coming into this game after a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers. They are fourth in the Pacific Division with 73 points. The Bruins are almost a full 20 points ahead of them, to put that in perspective. The Coyotes have a -5 goal differential with a 2.79 GAA (18th overall) and 2.71 GF/game (16th overall). Like I said, middle of the road team. They're power play definitely isn't middle of the pack though, what with a 21% conversion rate (3rd overall). But they're penalty kill offsets that like it's their job with a 79.6% success rate (27th overall). Not very good at all.

Players: 12 of their guys have negative ratings on the ice ranging from Moss's -1 to Yendle's surprising -18. 3 of their guys are even and the rest are positive ranging from Gormley's +1 to Michalek's +8. Vrbata leads the team with 46 points (54th overall) while Vermette leads with 22 goals (36th overall).

Goalie: Mike Smith will more than likely get the start tonight. He's played in 56 games with a 24-19-10 record. He's got a .914 SV% (41st out of 85) and a 2.69 GAA (46th out of 85). Basically, he's just kind of adding to the mediocrity of the team. Especially if you remember the wonderful moment when he managed to somehow get the puck caught in his equipment and then scoring for the opposing team.

Of Note: Doan will be playing in his 1300th NHL game tonight. Vrbata had three points against the Panthers and four goals with 2 assists in the past four games. Yandle has 5 assists in his past four.

Team: As I said earlier, the Bruins have been an indomitable force the last few weeks and I don't necessarily expect that to end tonight. The boys, as we all remember, are coming into this game after a glorious 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens and with a 6 game win streak under their belts. We are still first in the Atlantic Division with 91 points and are 4th (hopefully soon to be second) in the league. We have a +64 goal differential with a 2.17 GAA (2nd overall) and a 3.17 GF/game (2nd overall). Our power play is right behind Phoenix's with a 20.9% conversion rate (4th overall) while our penalty kill is leagues better than theirs with a success rate of 83.2% (11th overall).

Players: Only four of our guys have negative ratings ranging from Soupy's -1 to Caron's -5 because he's useless. Three of our guys are even while everyone else has a positive rating ranging from Thorty's +2 to Bergeron's +32. Krejci leads the team with 56 points (25th overall) while Marchand leads the team with 21 goals (44th overall).

Goalie: Chad Johnson will be getting the nod tonight. He's played in 20 games with a 13-3-1 record. He has a .919 SV% (22nd overall) and a 2.22 GAA (16th overall)

Of Note: Patrice Bergeron has 5 points in his last two games because he's a god. Soderberg had 5 points in his last 4 games.

Score Prediction: 3-1 Bruins Win

The Bruins just keeping at their and the league's list of injury woes this season.

Daniel Paille left the game Sunday with an undisclosed injury. Coach Julien announced today that Paille has a minor concussion and will be out at least two games.

This means the Merlot line is without a key component against the Montreal Canadiens, who now have the Bruins Killer, and the Phoenix Coyotes. This in itself is worrisome, nevermind when you remember the likely alternative to Paille for these games is Jordan Caron because for some reason he is still a thing on this team.

Contrary to the worries of many Bruins fans, the team was relatively quiet during the trade period. We did make two rather interesting moves though, which will be interesting to see pan out.

Move One: Corey Potter from the Oilers

The Bruins picked up 30 year old Corey Potter off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers earlier today. The team says it was more of a depth move with our recent defensive woes.

Potter is a 6'3", 206 pound right shot defenseman who has played 120 career NHL games with 8 goals and 24 assists with the Oilers, Rangers and Penguins.

He was placed on waivers this season after playing 33 games with the Oilers last season. Compared to the defensemen we currently have playing for us, this move to me wasn't entirely necessary, especially with this guy's stats and considering the fact that not even Edmonton wanted him. But we'll have to see how it plays out.

Move Two: Andrej Meszaros from Philadelphia

The Bruins were also looking for a more direct solution to our defense woes, especially with the loss of Seidenberg and they found that in Andrej Meszaros. The Bruins gave up a third round pick for this guy.

Meszaros has played in 38 games with the Flyers this season, notching 5 goals and 12 assists in that time span. Over the course of his career, he has played for the Lightning, the Senators and the Flyers, totaling 617 games, 58 goals and 176 assists.

Meszaros has been teammates with Zdeno Chara in the Olympics before and will probably be a second line defenseman on the Bruins.

And boy will our defense need the help because news just broke that the Bruins killer himself Thomas Vanek is going to Montreal. This is going to get interesting y'all.

The Bruins (38-17-5) are back at it again tonight against the the Florida Panthers (23-31-7) after a rough game streak over the weekend. This game will be the 4th of 5 games between these two teams this season, with the Bruins leading the season series 3-0.

Tonight the team will be playing once again without Adam McQuaid, who is still struggling with that lower body injury. The Bruins will also be without Loui Eriksson, who apparently has a "minor" issue which will keep him out of tonight's line up. As a result, we can expect to see what is sure to be yet another lack luster game out of Jordan Caron. Tuukka Rask will get a rest tonight, meaning Johnson will be our starting goalie.

Bruins Projected Line Up

Team Stats

Team: So the Panthers are still downright awful since the last time we saw them in January. They're still not as bad as the Buffalol Sabres, but they're definitely not much better. The Panthers are 0-3 against the Bruins and are coming into this game after a 5-3 win against the New York Islanders. They were 7th in the Atlantic the last time we saw them and what do you know, they're still there. Because they're awful. And only have 53 points vs the with 49 points they had the last time we saw them. They have a have a -46 goal differential now versus the -31 goal differential they had. The Panthers now average 3.15 GA/game (27th in the league) and 2.36 GF/game (25th in the league). Their power play is still the worst in the league, even worse than the Sabres, with an 9.3% conversion rate.They are 3-7-0 in their last 10.

Players: 17 of their guys have negative ratings on the ice ranging from Mottau's -2 to Gomez's -9. Five of their players are just even while a measly four players have positive ratings on the ice ranging from Jovanoski's +1 to Upshall's +6. Upshall leads the team with 30 points (164th in the league) while Boyes leads the team with 17 goals (73rd in the league).

Goalie: And Tim Thomas is back, again. He's definitely hasn't been as good as he once was obviously but we've still be able to see brief glimpses of that acrobatic man. He's played in 39 games with a 16-19-3 record. He has a .908 SV% (51st out of 84th overall), which is actually lower than it was when we last saw him, and a 2.87 GAA, which is higher than the last time we saw him (52nd overall).

Team: The Bruins are coming into this game after quite the impressive 6-3 win over the New York Rangers. We're still first in Atlantic Division with 81 points. We still have a +51 goal differential with an average of 2.23 GA/game (still 2nd in the league) and an average of 3.12 GF/game (5th in the league). Our penalty kill has dropped slightly overall with a 82.3% success rate (13th overall). Our power play has an improved 21% conversion rate (6th overall).

Players: 20 of our guys have positive ratings ranging from Campbell's +1 to Boychuk's +27. The others range from even to Caron's -6. Krejci is still leading the team with 52 points (29th overall out of 830) while Brad Marchand still leads the team with 20 goals (39th in the league).

Goalie: Like I mentioned, Chad Johnson will get the start tonight. He's played in 18 games with an 11-3-1 record. He has a 2.31 GAA (25th in the league) and a .917 SV% (31st in the league).